@rolandsmartin Advocates of gay bashing have no place at @CNN #SuperBowl #LGBT.

The organization followed up with a statement demanding Martin’s dismissal.

On Monday night Martin pled his case, writing that he “sincerely regret[ted] any offense” his tweets had occasioned and assured anyone who would listen that the target of his ridicule was the game of soccer. But the story refused to go away. By Wednesday CNN felt forced to take punitive action. In a statement network officials wrote:

Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated. We have been giving careful consideration to this matter, and Roland will not be appearing on our air for the time being.

Roland Martin, suspended on Wednesday…

Which brings us current. Today is Thursday, and the liberal blogosphere is still in a dither over the suspension, which after all is of a member of a diverse group over comments allegedly defaming another diverse group. Is a puzzlement. Whether there was true “homophobic” intent is almost beside the point. The Hollywood blog The Wrap, in its coverage of the story, links to an earlier article about GLAAD laughing off an anti-gay rant by comedian Tracy Morgan, which hints at a double standard.

maybe some good will come of [Martin’s suspension]. Maybe now he’ll think twice before he complains about ‘dog whistles.’ Maybe now he sees firsthand how unfair it is when other people decide what your motives are for you.

(In a postscript, Treacher quotes Big Journalism’s John Nolte, who quips, “Martin inadvertently stepped into a trap he probably didn’t know existed, and as a result he is now receiving an invaluable lesson about today’s politically-correct hierarchy, where gay trumps black.”)

What I want to know is when Roland Martin plans to issue an apology to the International Soccer League.

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“Martin inadvertently stepped into a trap he probably didn’t know existed, and as a result he is now receiving an invaluable lesson about today’s politically-correct hierarchy, where gay trumps black.”

(In a postscript, Treacher quotes Big Journalism’s John Nolte, who quips, “Martin inadvertently stepped into a trap he probably didn’t know existed, and as a result he is now receiving an invaluable lesson about today’s politically-correct hierarchy, where gay trumps black.”)

So how does Obama keep getting a pass for his “evolving” views on gay marriage? No one on the right would be allowed to use that excuse to avoid taking a stand on the issue.

Some day, when SH the F, EOTWAWKI comes a-knocking, and law and order crumble down, many a gay will regret having ramming their sexual preferences down common folks’ collective throat. Payback is a very, very politically incorrect creature.

Does CNN realize they are a joke? Suspending him for a tweet about underwear? Imagine if GLAAD heard what is said in the Christian community about gay people– why, they would demand the church apologize and build a “tolerance” room in their chapels!

My guess is Martin craves big media access and being a national voice during an election year more than he does any sort of ability to completely speak his mind, even if it does annoy other PC groups on the left, and even if he went over to MSNBC, he’d still be on GLAAD’s “watch list”, and he new network is even more beholden to the liberal activists groups than CNN.

Martin will cave in public and issue a mea culpa, even if he voices slightly angrier, non-Tweeted opinions to his friends in private. And he’ll go right back to doing the same things to people on the right that GLAAD just did to him.

Roland Martin could have his job back in a heartbeat by coming out of the closet in a tearful admission that it was self-hate and an unwillingness to face the truth of his own sexuality that motivated him to say those hurtful things.

Roland, you been rolled, man! You work in an industry that is dominated by left-think, so I’m not too sympathetic to your plight. Write a book about this and the other compromises you’ve had to endure to hold onto your job. Then you can tell CNN to buzz off! Free speech? What’s that?

It’s sad and sickening that anyone really cares about this subject at all. I don’t roam the twitter halls looking for someone to bash adn hoping someone hurts my feelings so I can demand justice. I think he should stand by what he said and tell people to kiss his ass.

i know i am getting old when i don’t understand the language. can anyone translate:

If a dude at your Super Bowl party is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ish out of him!
and
Who the hell was that New England Patriot they just showed in a head to toe pink suit? Oh, he needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass.

Oh, fer cripes sake anti-defamation league over-reacts as usual. This is why I don’t join or follow the loud and vocal liberal gay groups, they don’t speak for me. I would highly doubt that this dudes tweets would prompt someone to beat up a gay person. That does happen, but all kinds of people get beat up.

Nothing will be learned and changed by this moment. The next person on FNC or from CPAC that tweets the same thing about but a black reference over gay. Roland would not only call for this person to be suspended, he will call for their firing, and all those they works for, all the way to the top of the organization. With not a hint of hypocrisy and reading intent.

Nothing will be learned and changed by this moment. The next person on FNC or from CPAC that tweets the same thing about but a black reference over gay. Roland would not only call for this person to be suspended, he will call for their firing, and all those they works for, all the way to the top of the organization. With not a hint of hypocrisy and reading intent.

tjexcite on February 9, 2012 at 4:08 PM

This inability to learn and/or to question their own motives is what makes them liberal (not to mention insane).

That was my thought exactly. At first I got him confused with Rowan and Martin of Laugh in fame but then realized that both those guys are dead and ended up wondering just who Roland Martin was. Of course I wasn’t interested enough to actually try and find out either. Now that I know I’m glad I didn’t waste my time. Matter of fact I’m feeling bad about wasting my time even writing this post about him.

The other day, at a party, my 13 yr old repeated something he’d heard the other day: “Inception you go black, you never go back.” In front of a group of us, including a very good black friend and his family. Most of us were in (kinda) shock/riotous laughter. My buddy’s (8. Yr old) was like “WHAT did you say?” His wife said, “I believe I’ve heard that before and it’s true.”

He shoots in Single Action Shooting Society (SASS). He was talking about black powder.

Tater Salad, my bad! I was going for a joke, but not being a soccer fan, I just grabbed the first reference I came to. There was an International Soccer League in the U.S., but it collapsed in 1965, five years after it was founded.

Never ceases to amaze me how quickly the CNN overlords are to react or overreact, how they cave, who they cave to, who they suspend or outright can, and what on earth criteria they use for any of it, which changes from hour to hour so how are we supposed to grasp their message anyway?

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy. I will always remember Roland Martin’s reaction to Sarah Palin’s 2008 RNC speech as the moment I realized that the media was not only out to get Republicans, but that they didn’t care who knew it anymore. He was so visibly angry, sputtering at the affront to the anointed one that she represented. I had never seen a journalist behave on the air before that moment (excepting talk show hosts like Olbermann, of course).

It was as if at that moment, he had snapped and no longer cared to even hold up even the pretense of objectivity.

Roland has been CNN’s designated black man accuser of the GOP candidates who say words that offend. But I actually liked his personality. He seemed to be a real person doing a job, and not a mind controlled hit man like many of the libs on their shows.

If a dudeguy at your Super Bowl party is hypedsexually aroused about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad, smack the ishcrap out of him!
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Who the hell was that New England Patriot they just showed in a head to toe pink suit? Oh, he needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass.

thank you

Dr. Demento on February 9, 2012 at 3:59 PM

Dunno if you’re being sarcastic as it’s pretty obvious, but for reference I updated your quote and here are some context information…

#teamwhipdatass is a hashtag on twitter. I’m not sure what it’s about, but in this context, it looks like Roland is saying that the guy in the pink suit, a Patriots player, needs an intervention (by those in #teamwhipdatass of which Roland is part of) on how to act like a real man.

#teamwhipdatass is a hashtag on twitter. I’m not sure what it’s about, but in this context, it looks like Roland is saying that the guy in the pink suit, a Patriots player, needs an intervention (by those in #teamwhipdatass of which Roland is part of) on how to act like a real man.

MrX on February 9, 2012 at 5:14 PM

thanks! ish, i didn’t know. and #teamwhipdatass i didn’t know. and there was no way i was going to learn about twitter or listen to rap songs to figure it out…